The Irish government announced Tuesday that it would submit its appeal within the week against the European Commission's demand that Apple pay back-taxes. In a statement on Tuesday, Finance Minister Michael Noonan said ...

Former Chinese Deputy Minister, Zhang Liju, was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison after having been convicted of taking 2.4 million yuan ($354000.58 USD) in bribes. The Beijing Second Intermediate Court handed down the...

The UK Supreme Court ruled Wednesday against the government in two cases that were challenging the government's "bedroom tax." The two decisions were in contrast to the other five cases that were decided in favor...

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara signed a new constitution into law on Tuesday. Voters endorsed the new charter with over 93 percent of the vote in a referendum last month, and the Ivory Coast court upheld...

UNICEF urged the government of Myanmar Tuesday to protect its children, particularly those in regions most embroiled in conflict. The statement calls attention to the area of Rakhine State , highlighting the concern for those children who...

A Canadian law firm has filed a class action lawsuit against Samsung for negligence in the distribution of the Galaxy Note 7 . McKenzie Lake Lawyers, LLP filed the action Friday with the...

More than 1,000 Hong Kong lawyers dressed in black marched through the the city in silence on Tuesday in opposition of a decision by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress that barred two elected pro-independence lawmakers,...

The Hungarian National Assembly on Tuesday rejected a constitutional amendment proposed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban to block the settlement of new refugees in Hungary. Orban's ruling Fidesz party failed to attract...

A third fewer women than men lack Internet access in the world's poorest countries—a gap that is set to widen, according to a report released Tuesday by the poverty rights organization One . The report , released at...

The Scottish government on Tuesday announced its intention to join the lawsuit challenging British Prime Minister Theresa May's right to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon treaty , which would officially start the UK's...